Certified Peer Specialist, Critical Time Intervention (CTI)

About the role

Function: Serves as a member of the CTI Team, providing supportive counseling and time-limited intensive care coordination for a caseload of high-risk clients. Responsibilities include promoting the development of skills for coping with and managing behavioral health symptoms, providing linkage to resources, and engaging individuals in skill building.

Reports to: Team Leader, Critical Time Intervention

Location: Manhattan

Responsibilities

• Responsible for engaging clients at hospital bedside to provide program overview and conduct intake assessments.
• Develops rapport with clients in order to engage them in improving their health and wellness.
• Participates in weekly team meetings to discuss new referrals and provide updates on enrolled clients.
• Develops WRAP and Relapse Prevention Plans to help clients understand their patterns and triggers for use and identify interventions to deal with triggers and cravings and identify supports.
• Acts as a role model to educate client about self-help techniques and self-help group processes, teaches effective coping strategies and teaches symptom management skills.
• Provides transportation training and escorts to appointments.
• Assists clients in the development of community support systems and networks.
• Provides hands-on assistance with activities of daily living.
• Provides training in self-advocacy.
• Supports client goals and serves as an advocate on client's behalf.
• Identifies, facilitates and secures access to needed healthcare, social services benefits, and community resources.
• Works in collaboration with other care team members and care providers, including behavioral health, disease care management, home care, social work and community-based organizations, to help client achieve optimal health outcomes.
• Embraces the team model by collaborating with members of the team and providing support as needed.
• Utilizes evidenced based practices, such as motivational interviewing, to empower clients to grow and attain goals.
• Implements tasks outlined on the care plan and ensures follow up and continuity of care between client interactions.
• Documents all interventions and attempted contacts in the EHR in accordance with program standards.
• Assesses domiciled client's living conditions by conducting home visits.
• Attends in-service training as requested.
• Duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Lived experience receiving mental health services and a commitment to assist others in attaining recovery and wellness goals.
• High School diploma or G.E.D.
• Good written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Basic computer and data entry skills.
• Must be a Certified Peer Specialist with New York State.

Pay & benefits

• Salary: $54,738 plus generous benefits